National Portfolio Manager

Primary DetailsTime Type: Full timeWorker Type: Employee

• Location Sydney (preference) open to all QBE offices

• Hybrid role with full-time hours

• 24 months fixed term contract

The Opportunity

As National Portfolio Manager – Packages, you will drive the strategic oversight and work closely with the business on execution of the Business Package and Farm product portfolios. You will ensure underwriting decisions contribute to profitable and sustainable outcomes across these product lines. This role leads a team of Portfolio Specialists, develops and implements portfolio strategy, provides technical input to enhance underwriting capability and fosters cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing.

 

About the Role

• Portfolio Strategy: Set and communicate the vision and strategy for Business Package and Farm portfolios, including underwriting appetite and accumulation management.

• Planning and Monitoring: Lead budgeting, business planning, and reinsurance strategy and placement to support portfolio objectives.

• Portfolio and Product Monitoring & Analysis: Monitor and assess performance at both product and portfolio levels, evaluating underwriting outcomes, customer value, fairness, and conduct.

• Market Mapping & Insights: Gather and analyse customer, claims, regulatory, competitor, and performance trends to inform and validate strategic direction, drive profitable growth across market cycles, and identify new opportunities.

• Book Price Management: Set book price and market price guardrails in line with underwriting appetite and portfolio strategy.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain robust relationships with external partners, brokers, and intermediaries. Identify and pursue new growth opportunities for Business Package and Farm products.

• Underwriting Excellence: Collaborate with underwriting, pricing, and actuarial teams to efficiently assess and underwrite insurance risks within Business Package and Farm portfolios, ensuring alignment with risk appetite, authority limits, and underwriting guidelines.

• Resource Management: Manage budgeted resources to support business objectives and ensure fiscal responsibility across portfolio initiatives.

• Team Leadership: Lead and develop the Portfolio Specialists team by evaluating performance, addressing training needs, and promoting capability development and knowledge sharing.

• Compliance & Governance: Conduct underwriting and portfolio management activities in compliance with all legal, regulatory, and risk frameworks, including support for audits, breach assessments, and complaints resolution.

About You

• Direct experience in underwriting and portfolio management within general insurance, with exposure to Business Package and Farm products or significant experience in commercial business insurance.

• Advanced knowledge of portfolio management, technical product knowledge and underwriting principles.

• Proven ability to build relationships, communicate, negotiate, and influence at a senior level within the insurance industry.

• Strong analytical, planning, and budgeting skills, with demonstrated financial aptitude including insurance pricing principles.

• Experience in leading portfolios, pricing reviews, and strategic planning, with exposure to stakeholder engagement across underwriting, distribution, pricing, claims, risk, and compliance.

About QBE

We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We're proud to work together, and encourage each other to enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let's make it happen

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• 'Hybrid Working' – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance

• Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest

• Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

• 18 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super

• Voluntary super contributions and company matching

• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums

• A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employees' experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our program

• 2023 Most Inclusive Workplace at the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards 

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice

• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards

• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion

• Ranked in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates

• Family Friendly Workplace accredited employer since 2021

APPLY NOW and let's make it happen 

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QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at

Skills:

Business Management, Coaching for success, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Influencing, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Navigating ambiguity, Product Management, Product Roadmapping, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Management, Strategic Planning, Team ManagementApplication Close Date: 05/12/2025 11:59 PM

How to Apply:

To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.

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